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International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering - CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural) founded in 1930 in Liège, Belgium, as an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization regrouping, as a networking system, regional and national societies of agricultural and biological engineering as well as private and public companies and individuals all over the world, is the largest and highest international institution in the field. Until 2008 the organisation was known as International Commission of Agricultural Engineering. Its membership includes American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE), European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng), Latin American and Caribbean Association of Agricultural Engineering (ALIA), South and East African Society of Agricultural Engineering (SEASAE), Euro Asian Association of Agricultural Engineers (EAAAE), Association of Agricultural Engineers of South-Eastern Europe (AAESEE), and many national societies.
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Aims of CIGR
The main missions of CIGR are to
- stimulate the development of science and technology in the field of Agricultural Engineering,
- encourage education, training and mobility of young professionals,
- encourage interregional mobility,
- facilitate the exchange of research results and technology,
- represent the profession at a worldwide level,
- work towards the establishment of new associations, both at national and regional level, and to the strengthening of existing ones, and to
- perform any other activity that will help to develop Agricultural Engineering and allied sciences.
CIGR Structure
The structure of CIGR is divided by seven technical Sections and various working groups. Each technical Section is charged with promoting and developing its respective field of science and technology as it relates to agricultural engineering. The CIGR Working Groups are appointed by the Executive Board to carry out studies on specific subjects of international importance and interest.
- CIGR Technical Sections:
- Section I: Land and Water Engineering
- Section II: Farm Buildings, Equipment, Structures and Environment
- Section III: Equipment Engineering for Plant Production
- Section IV: Rural Electricity and other Energy Sources
- Section V: Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering
- Section VI: Postharvest Technology and process Engineering
- Section VII: Information Systems
- CIGR Working Groups:
- Earth Observation for Land and Water Engineering Working Group
- Animal Housing in Hot Climate Working Group
- Rural Development and the Preservation of Cultural Heritages Working Group
- Cattle Housing Working Group
- Agricultural Engineering University Curricula Harmonization Working Group
- Rural Landscape Protection and Valorisation Working Group
- Image Analysis for Agricultural Processes and Products Working Group
CIGR Congresses
Year City Country 1930 Liege 
Belgium1936 Madrid 
Spain1940Rome
Italy1951 Rome 
Italy1958 Brussels Belgium1964 Lausanne 
Switzerland1969 Baden Baden 
West Germany1974 Flevohof 
Netherlands1979 East Lansing, Michigan 
United States1984 Budapest 
Hungary1989 Dublin 
Ireland1994 Milan Italy1998 Rabat 
Morocco2000 Tsukuba 
Japan2002 Chicago, Illinois United States2006 Bonn Germany2010 Quebec City 
Canada2014 Beijing 
ChinaCIGR Conferences
Year City Country 2004 Beijing China2008 Foz do Iguaçu 
Brazil2012 Valencia 
SpainCIGR Presidents
- 1930-1950 Prof. Georges Bouckaert ( Belgium)
- 1950-1962 Prof. Armand Blanc (
France) - 1963-1967 Prof. Eladio Aranda Heredia (
Spain) - 1967-1969 Honorary Doctor Pierre Regamey ( Switzerland)
- 1969-1974 Prof. Karel Petit ( Belgium)
- 1974-1979 Mr. Fiepko Coolman ( Netherlands)
- 1979-1980 Mr. Talcott W. Edminster ( United States)
- 1985-1989 Prof. László Lehoczky ( Hungary)
- 1989-1991 Prof. Paul McNulty ( Ireland)
- 1991-1994 Prof. Giuseppe Pellizzi ( Italy)
- 1995-1996 Prof. Egil Berge (
Norway) - 1997-1998 Prof. Osamu Kitani ( Japan)
- 1999-2000 Prof. Bill Stout ( United States)
- 2001-2002 Prof. El Houssine Bartali ( Morocco)
- 2003-2004 Prof. Axel Munack ( Germany)
- 2005-2006 Prof. Luis Santos Pereira (
Portugal) - 2007-2008 Prof. Irenilza de Alencar Naas ( Brazil))
- 2009-2010 Prof. Søren Pedersen (
Denmark) - 2011-2012 Prof. Fedro Zazueta ( United States)
- 2013-2014 Prof. Da-Wen Sun ( Ireland)
CIGR Fellows
The title of Fellow is the highest honour in CIGR. The title of Fellow is conferred to individuals who have made sustained, outstanding contributions world-wide, and that continue to improve the outcomes of the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering profession.
- 2000: P. Abeels (Belgium), J. De Baerdemaeker (Belgium), E. Berge (Norway), J. Daelemans (Belgium), G. Pellizzi (Italy), Z. Sibalszky (Hungary), G. Singh (Thailand), J. Souty (France), H.van Lier (The Netherlands), H. Heege (Germany)
- 2002: A. Kamaruddin, G. Papadakis, J. Ortiz-Canavate, O. Marchenko, Y. Kishida, F. Bakker-Arkema, C. Hall, F. Coolman, A. Musy
- 2006: El Hassan Bourarach, Bill Stout, El Houssine Bartali, Makoto Hoki, Maohua Wang, Osamu Kitani
See also
- Agricultural Engineering
- Engineering
- Food Engineering
- Contemporary Food Engineering
- Food and Bioprocess Technology
External links
- CIGR official website
- CIGR 2010 Congress official website
- CIGR 2012 Conference official website
- Agricultural Engineering International (CIGR)
- Contemporary Food Engineering (CRC Press)
- Contemporary Food Engineering (Taylor & Francis)
- Contemporary Food Engineering (Routledge)
- Biosystems Engineering (Elsevier)
Categories:- Engineering societies
- Learned societies
- Professional associations
- Engineering organizations
- Organizations established in 1930
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